Senior Continuous Improvement Leader - Remote (Lean/Six Sigma)

Hitachi ABB Power Grids; North Carolina; Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy is seeking a Senior Continuous Improvement Leader to drive operational excellence across the Power Transformers organization. In this highly visible role you will partner with business and functional leaders to accelerate continuous improvement, strengthen quality management systems, and deliver sustainable business results while working across multiple sites.

You will lead Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, Value Stream Mapping, and Root Cause Analysis initiatives, coach teams, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Operations Management, or related field.
• 10+ years in operational excellence, process management, or manufacturing.
• Proven success leading large-scale transformation initiatives.
• Strong expertise in Lean, Six Sigma, Quality Management Systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead continuous improvement initiatives across the Power Transformers organization.
• Partner with leadership to establish strategic objectives, performance metrics, and improvement roadmaps.
• Drive Lean transformation efforts focused on waste elimination, process standardization, and quality enhancement.
• Facilitate strategy deployment, KPI management, daily management systems, and structured problem-solving practices.
• Lead cross-functional projects utilizing Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, Value Stream Mapping, and Root Cause Analysis methodologies.
• Identify opportunities to improve quality, productivity, safety, delivery performance, and cost efficiency.
• Coach, mentor, and develop employees and leaders in continuous improvement principles and best practices.
• Collaborate with operations, engineering, quality, supply chain, and support teams to optimize end-to-end business processes and reduce throughput time.
• Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures and guidelines.

Skills

Lean

Six Sigma

Kaizen

Value Stream Mapping

Root Cause Analysis

Cross-functional Leadership

Change Management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Business

Job description

Hitachi Energy is seeking a Senior Continuous Improvement Leader to drive operational excellence across the Power Transformers organization. In this highly visible role you will partner with business and functional leaders to accelerate continuous improvement, strengthen quality management systems, and deliver sustainable business results while working across multiple sites.

You will lead Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, Value Stream Mapping, and Root Cause Analysis initiatives, coach teams, and